Racism is a growing toxic force today. It impacts African Americans, immigrants – people who are different, poor – the really everyone who has become infected with an implicit bias that denigrates the other....
The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy’s 2016 Priority Brief has been posted on our website as a pdf file for your use and study. The booklet includes the legislative policy goals for the...
Bill Botts of Stafford County served as the region’s Affordable Care Act navigator after retiring as director of Rappahannock Legal Services. November 22, 2015 12:00 am BY BILL BOTTS Here are 10 Republican reasons...
November 22, 2015 9:00 pm By MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch House Speaker William J. Howell, R-Stafford, wants a fresh look at the Virginia Retirement System and possible reforms to give workers more control over...
Kathy Cole Cole, of Galax, is a retired psychologist and manager. She worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs for 30 years. By Kathy Cole The fact that our Virginia legislators will not accept...
By Laura Vozzella The Washington Post November 20, 2015 RICHMOND — The mayor of a small southwestern Virginia city apologized Friday for suggesting that Syrian refugees should be treated like the Japanese Americans who...
By Rachel Weiner The Washington Post November 22 at 6:16 PM For 27 years, members of the Islamic Center of Fredericksburg have lived in relative peace with their neighbors on a country road...
Tuesday, June 30, Virginia Consumer Voices and the Center partnered with several organizations to produce an event promoting healthcare access for all Virginians. Every seat was filled and the energy was through the roof!...
Hydraulic Fracturing for Natural Gas in Fredericksburg, Va. An environmental concern in Central Virginia is the possibility of hydraulic fracturing (also known as “fracking”). A Dallas energy company has paid for the rights to...
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